Garment-creasing device.



PATENTED DEC. 24, 1907.

A. ABRAMS. GARMENT CREASING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAR 21. 1907UNITED STATES ALBERT ABRAMS, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

GARMENT-CREASING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Fatent.

' Patented Dec. 24, 1907.

Application filed March 21.1907. Serial H0. 363,675.

whereby garments for men or women may be permanently creased.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide an attachment forgarments which retains the initial crease imparted to the material andat the same time, permits of ample flexibility of the fabric understrain so that it will not be visible that the garment is fitted with.the crease-retaining means.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a crease-retainingmeans which is of comparatively simple and inexpensive construction andso designed that it can be put up for the market in strip or tape formand be ready to apply to the garment in a simple and easy manner.

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts as will be more fully describedherein- =after and set forth with particularity in the claims appendedhereto.

7 In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodimentsof the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pair of trousersequipped with the crease-retaining device. Fig. 2 is a fragmentarysectional ".lview through one of the legs of the'trousers and showingthe crease-retaining means applied. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspectiveview of the garment drawn on an enlarged scale.

Similar referencecharacters are employed to designate similar partsthroughout the several figures.

In the present instance, I have elected to illustrate thecrease-retaining means as applied to a pair of trousers, but it is to beunderstood that it can be used in connection with coats or dresses forwomen or other garments where creases are desired to be pervmanentlymaintained.

Referring to the drawing, the creaseretaining device comprises a pair ofst: ips or tapes of elastic webbin 1 that are adapted to extend thefull-lengtIi preserved. These strips of webbing are arranged paralleland with their edges in close proximity, and secured to the strips andextending the full length .thereof is a piece of thin rubber 2, wherebya hinged con nection is formed-between the two pieces of webbing 1. Therubber piece 2 is preferably secured to the webbing by rubber...cement,although any other waterproof adhesive may be used. The strips arefurther united at suitable intervals by short pieces of elastic cord 3having their ends secured to the webbing in any suitable manner. On theouter surfaces of the strips of webbing 1 are applied pieces of guttapercha sheeting 4 such as is commonly used by tailors for repairingpur-' poses. The crease-retaining attachment is put up for market inthis form and all that is .1

it on the under side of the fabric where the required to attach it to agarment is'to place crease is desired and then pass a hot iron of thecrease to be over it so that the gutta percha sheeting will be softenedand stuck to the fabric. It will thus be seen that no sewing orstitching is required and that a comparatively light attachment isproduced that maintains a comparatively decided crease. Since theelastics or sd-rips of webbing 1 that in fact constitute the body of theattachment, are elastically connected at their meeting edges, thegarment is free to bend as at the elbow,

knee or any other part stretched over a member of the body and thefabric of the garment is stretched without the attach ment beingvisible, and as soon as the pressure is removed from the fabric, theattachment readjusts itself and preserves the crease.

By reference to Fig. 1, the crease-retaining device or attachment isapplied t0 the legs 5 of the trousers on the inner surface thereof andin line with the creases 6. The creaseretaining devices are indicated bydotted lines at 7 and extend from the lower ends of the legs u wardly toany desired point.

I have escribed the principle 0 operation which I now consider to be thebest embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that thedevice shown is merely illus- -of the invention, together with thedevice trative and that such changes may be made when desired as arewithin the scope of the claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. As an article ofmanufacture, a creaseretaining device comprising apair of separatestrips of elastic webbing, a strip of rubber secured to the strips attheir meeting edges to hingedly connect the strips together, andadhesive material on the outer surfaces of the webbing strips wherebythe device can be secured to a garment by applying heat to the strips.

2. As an article of manufacture, a creaseretaining device comprising apair of strips arranged with their edges in proximity, a strip ofelastic material glued or cemented to the strips for hingedly connectingthem,

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In testimony whereof, I affix my signature I in presence of twoWitnesses.

ALBERT ABRAMS.

Witnesses:

DEAN R. MASON, JOHN BAKER.

